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A Fine Silver & Engine-Turned Georgian Snuffbox

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A fine Georgian snuffbox with a Pinchbeck type metal hinge uniting a lid and bombe shaped tortoiseshell body with pressed engine turned decoration.

 

The lid pressed with an arrangement of leaves and flowers covered with silver; the base with machine turned decoration.

 

English circa 1760.  

 

dia:2 3/4 in x h:1 3/8 in

 

Item Code: 3774

£ 1300

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